Its objective was to create Creating a security buffer between Croatia and positions held Hold by the Bosnian Serb Army of Republika Srpska ( VRS ) and to put Placing the largest Bosnian Serb-held city , Banja Luka , in jeopardy by capturing Arrest the towns of Jajce , Šipovo and Drvar .

The offensive achieved Achieve its objectives and set Placing the stage for further advances of the HV , HVO and ARBiH towards Banja Luka , contributing Cause_to_make_progress to the resolution of the war Hostile_encounter .

For the first time in 20 years she performed Hold in Zagreb , Sarajevo , Banja Luka , Ljubljana and Mostar .

The objectives of Operation Southern Move included Cause_to_be_included the capture of the town of Mrkonjić Grad and positions on the Manjača Mountain which would allow the HV and the HVO to directly threaten Hindering Banja Luka , the largest city controlled by Bosnian Serbs .

The German and Ustaše authorities realized Know that the city of Banja Luka and the iron mine in Ljubija were in danger and organized Arranging an offensive to destroy the movement .

In Široka Luka about 500 wounded Partisans were killed Killing .

The fighting Hostile_encounter improved Cause_to_make_progress the safety of VRS lines of communication south of the Bosnian Serb capital of Banja Luka , and displaced between 30,000 and 40,000 people , in what foreign observers called Name_conferral `` the largest and most wretched single exodus '' of the Bosnian War Hostile_encounter .

The operation included the first combat Hostile_encounter engagement in NATO 's history , a 28 February 1994 air battle over Banja Luka , and in April 1994 , NATO aircraft first bombed Attack ground targets in an operation near Goražde .

The objective Aiming of the offensive was to re-establish Creating a road link between the city of Banja Luka in the west of the country and the eastern parts of the territory controlled Control by the Bosnian Serbs .